Container



W. NEIL June 7, 1927.

CONTAINER Filed April 25. 1925 Patented June 7, 1927. V

UNITED. STATES PATENT: OFFICE.

WILLIAM NEIL, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR '10 WILLIAM NEIL & COMPANY,

' v or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. I

CONTAINER.

Application filed April 25, 1923. Serial No. 684,462.

The invention relates to containers and particularly to that type of these devices which are applicable for use in dispensing various commodities or the same commodity from several individual receptales which are removably arranged in the container.

The invention has as its prime object the provision of a container suchas that above referred to which is provided with one or moreclosures, the construction thereof and their connection with the container permitting them to cooperate with the receptacles and provide a means for efl'ectively preventing dirt, dust and other foreign matter from finding their way to the interior of the receptacles.

The invention is particularly applicable for use at automobile fillin stations where small quantities of lubricating. oils are dis pensed from individual receptacles which are refilled when empty. These receptacles are" ordinarily provided with spouts which facilitate the introduction of the oil to the crank case or other portion of the machine, and as at present these spouts are left uncovered, the invention is designed to provide a construction in which the closures will permit the introduction and removal of receptacles having the above structure into the container and in which the spouts will be eiiectively closed when said receptacles are arranged inthe container;

Itis an object to provide a ortable container with an arrangement w ich will accomplish the above enumerated objects and in addition to provide a construction in which the .closuresmay be held in an elevated position, which will'thus facilitate the introduction and removal of a number of said receptacles to and from the container. It is an additional feature to provide the container-with a bail or handle whereby the container may be transported from one loca tion to another and to attach various elements employed in the structure including the closures for the receptacles to'this bail or handle.

It is a further object .to construct the caps which, in the present instance provide the closures, so that they will cooperate withthe receptacles andfacilita-te the cooperation of the closures and the receptacles to insure the capping or closing of the receptacles.

The invention will be explained in detail and more readily understood when read in the length of the frame.

conjunction with the accompanying draw ings which illustrate various arrangements which may be resorted to, it being therefore obvious that the invention is susceptible of modifications without departing from "the spirit of the appended claims forming a part hereof.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a containerconstructed according to one embodiment oi the invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken on line'2'Q of Figure 1. 'Figure 3 illustrates a modified structure which may be employed in the structure.

The structure illustrated in the drawings contemplates the use of a containerlO which is of a dimension suflicient to accommodate a number of receptacles 21'Wl1lCh are per.- mitted to be removably arranged in the con tafiner 10.v The container 10 is subdivided into a numbero't' separate spaces 11 by the bar 12 which extends lengthwise of the container and the plurality bars 13 which are arranged transversely thereto resulting in the provision of a separate compartment for each of the containers. 1

A frame 14 is attached to the container 10 and provides a support for variouselemerits of the structure and in addition provides a bail or handle whereby the structure maybe conveniently transported fromone location to another. i

and retain the several pivoted elements 18 in their proper relative relation throughout The pivoted ele ments18' are disposed upon opposite sides of the frame, the elements of one side being arranged diametricallyv opposite those arranged upon the oppositesi-de and extend outwardly from the frame to a pointwhich substantially coincides with the centers of the subdivisions of the container 10 in which the receptacles are confined. These pivoted.

elements 18 are each provided with the .inverted cup shaped element-s19 which are designed to engage the'ends ofthe' spouts 20 provided upon the receptacles 21 and provide a closure for the spouts *when'said receptacles are arrzng'ed in the container. These elements 19 may be flared as illustrated or otherwise shaped to facilitate the removal of the receptacles from assoc atlon therewith.

A means is provided for lifting and maintaining the pivoted elements 18 and the closures carried thereby in an elevated position which performs the additional function of lii'i'iiting the movement of the pivoted elements toward the receptacles. The means for performing these functions consist of the bars 22 and 2?) which are arranged upon opposite sides of the frame and are pivoted to the respective rods 16 and 17 carried by the bracket 15, they being respectively provided with the extensions 21 which engage the frame and limitthe movement of said bars in a downward direction but permit said bars to be moved upwardly. By virtue of the fact that these bars extend from one end of the frame to the other and are arranged below the pivoted members having the closures, and because of the further fact that these bars are limited in their movement downwardly, said pivoted elements having the closures will be held in a substantially horizontal )osition upon opposite sides of the frame, )ut will be simultaneously lifted and held in a raised position by said bars when the latter is moved from its normal position. This feature is of advantage because it permits all of said pivoted elements and their closures to be lifted and. held in an elevated position permitting the ready introduction of the receptacles into the container.

The arrangement permits one of the several pivoted. elements and closures. to be lifted independently of the other which allows any one of the several. receptacles to be introduced to or removed from the con-' v eign matter from finding its way into any of the receptacles upon the removal or introduction of another of the receptacles to or from the container.

The structure may also include the bars 2525 which are also disposed upon oppositesides of the frame and provide a means for centering the receptacles so that the ends of thespouts will align with the closures.

In the modified structure illustrated in Figure 3 a vertically reciprocable closure is employed, which has the cone shaped center 26and also the flared downwardly extending skirt portion 27. It is manifest that the structure of the center 26 will insure the centering of the receptacle and the shirt will cooperate to prevent any foreign matter from lodging within or upon the rim of the spout.

From the foregoing explanations it is manifest that a simpleand effective structure is provided for preventing weather and foreign matter from finding its way into the interior of the receptacle and which permits the ready insertion and removal of a receptacle from the container. It is further evident that one receptacle may be placed or removed from the container without affect-- ing the closures of the other receptacles and that all of saidclosurcs may be elevated when this is found necessary or desirable.

l-liaving thus described the invention what i claim and desire to cover by Letters Pat out is: I

'1. In a device of'the character described, the combination of a container in which a rec ole is adapted to be remo ably arrang .d, a sumiort, aid support providing a handle for the container, a closure hinged to the support, a stop cooperating with the closure to limit the downward movement of the closure and to maintain said closure in a subs antiallyhorizontal position from which position said closure may he raised. said clo sure being provided to close the receptacle and to permit the removal of the receptacle from the container.

2. In a. device of the character described the combination'of a container in which a 'receptacleis adapted to be removably arranged, a support, a gravity actuated closure secured to said support, said closure having means associated therewitl'i for limiting the downward n'ioven'u-mt thereof and main taining it in a norn'ially horizontal position in which position said closure closes the receptacle, said closure being movable upwardly to permit the removal and. insertion of a receptacle relative to the container.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination of a container, :1 support extending lengtl'iwiso of said container and being arranged substantially midway between the sides of said container to permit a receptacle to be arranged on eitherside of the support, a plurality of pivotally movable closures extending in substantially horizontal position in opposite directions from said support and cooperating with the receptacle to close the receptacle, said closures being removable from said horizontal position to permit the removal of the receptacle from the container, and means secured to the support, for holding said closures in said substantially horizontal position.

4-. In a device of the character described, the combination of acontainer, a support extending lengthwise of said container and being arranged substantially midway between the sides of said container to permit a receptacleto be arranged on either side of the support. a plurality of closures arranged upon opposite sides of said support and being gravity actuated to close the receptacles and movable to permit the removal of the receptacles from the container "and means for limiting the downward movement of said closures.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a container for receptacles, a support extending lengthwise of said container and beingarranged substantially midway between the sides of said container, said support providing a handle for 6. In a device of the character described, 7

the combination of a container, into which a plurality of receptacles may be removably arranged, a bail secured to said container, a plurality of members having caps which are provided to form closures for said receptac'les, said members being pivotally connected to an element attached to the'bail and said member having said caps being permitted'to be moved to allow said receptacles to be arranged in andremoved from the container.

7 In a device of the character described, the combination of a container into which a plurality of receptacles may be removably arranged, a bail secured to said container, a plurality of members pivotally secured for movement with respect to said bail and extending in oppositevrdirections from said bail,.said members bein provided with caps which form closures or said rece tacles, and means for limiting the downwar movement of said pivoted members toward said receptacles and maintaining said closures in a substantially horizontal position.- i

8. In a device of the character described, the combination of a container into which a plurality of receptacles may be removably arranged, a plurality of elements having members forming'closures for the receptacles, said elements being independently movable to permit the introduction and removal of said receptacles and means for elevating all of said elements and holding same in elevated position.

9. In a device of'the character described, the combination of a container into which a plurality of receptacles may be removably arranged, a bail secured to said container, a

plurality of members pivotally secured for" movement with relation to said bail and extending in opposite directions from said bail,

said members being provided with caps which form closures for said receptacles, and means for limiting the movement of said pivoted members toward said receptacles, said means providing a means for moving said pivoted members away from said receptacles.

In witness whereof,-- I hereunto subscribe my, name I ILLIA NEIL. 

